Display-stand.



W. E. RAGSDALE. DISPLAY STAND. APPLIOATION FILED 00ans, 1910.

Patented J an. 23,- '1912.'

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W. B. RAGSDALE. DISPLAY STAND. n APPLIGATION FILED oma, 1910. 1,015,457. Patented M1123, 1912.

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WILLIAM (n. fnaesnann, or alinrnsra;A NEW MEXICO. f

DISPLAY-STAND.

To allwhom it may concern: l Be it known that I, VVIILIAM E. Raes DALE,a citizen of the United States, resid-` ing at Artesia, county of Eddy,and Statepf New Mexico, have invented certain newfand usefulImprovements in Display-Stands, of which the following is aspecification."

This inventionrelates to display standsl Y The present invention has for.l its object the provision of'afdisplay stand especially adapted fordisplaying' trousers and utiliz-k` able in the sale thereof, the purposebeing to provide a stand of simple, strong, durable, inexpensive andornamental `appearance which can be revolved to any desired position,will'` have novel means for holding trousers in either upward or moreor. less* horizontal position sothat the general appearance thereof, aswell as the tailoring, may be readily determined, which willenab'le thegoods to be readily placed in'posi-V tion'or removed, and which willoccupy but small space.

The invention is fully lset forth hereinafter and the novel features arerecited in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings z-p-Figure 1 is a perspective view oftheinvention, one

of the leaves being; extended; Fig. y2,fa vertical section; Fig.: y3',an enlarged section showing the construction of the vpartsused forguiding and supporting the leaf sup-E port; Fig. 4:, a detail of oneofthe leaf *'Ahinges; Fig. 5, a detail of one of the trou.n sers clamps;Fig. 6, asectionon line 6 6, Fig. 3; Fig. 7, a ldetail rear perspectiveof.,y

one 'of the leaf support guides; and Fig. 8,v a detail of one of theleaf supports.

l l 'Ihe stand is preferably supported by'a suitable base 1, although itmay be secured' directly to the floor. Secured to theibase 1 l is abase-flange 2 in which isscrewed a v ornamental as desired, a suitableconnection spindle 3 extending up fora suitable .dis-

tance. Surrounding the spindle 3 is a tubu` lar and Arotatable column L1which is surmounted by a head 5 thatkinay be made-as between the columnand headconsisting of a flange 6 screwed on the column 4.- and a plate 7interposed between the flangeand the head, both being secured yto thehead by fastenings 8. The upper end of the spindle r 3 is coned andballs 9 are interposed bef tween it and the plate 7.` (Secured, tothehead 5 are U-,shaped hinge brackets, v10.

There are a plurality of leaves 11, eachofy spbc'ication of LettersPatent.

posed in fvertical, or, ymoreor lesshorizontal Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

Application inea october 3, 19,10. "serial No'.Y 585,133,

whi'chhasfa hinge-,bracket 12 detachably i' connected by pivotboltsV 13to the hinge. brackets ll10, whereby said leaves may be dis# position.-A leaf support 14j is provided for 1 eachleafll, these being preferablyof tri innervfaces of the leaves 11. The foot? 16 of each leaf supportis 'of wedge shape, one

lbgbeingfdisposed aty an .angle and constituting theunder face .'f saidfoot.4 The two 4tending vertically of the .column vljin alinement withthe respective leaves, areguides ends and with ears 20 flanking saidapertures 'sides ofthe column 11, thus .securingV the through apertures23 in the guides. The

lower ends of the guides rests upon" the collar '17 and are providedwith somey suit-Y in Fig. 2, the feet y16 rest on the fillings 24 andthe leaves are then supported in ynearly vertical position, the'faces16,\be'ing posi-1 -tioned against the'bacl'zV ofthe guides'lS.

drawn upwardly and-.the "footv16 finally Aangular form` and each havinglits'V cross. l f piece Journaled in bracketsl` secured tothe of theffaces 16it lying 'substantially in the l `plane ofthe leaf support andthe lother face faces are connected by around'ed part16c'." K Theloweriend of thecolumn: is preferably fscrew-threaded to receive acollar 17. y EX- and rpassing through yapertures .21 Iin the i i Clsoguides to 'said column, but-the guides are 'f i f further secured byfastenings" 22 passing able filling 24. The heads 16 offthelfeet 14 areksufficiently wideso that whendisp'o'sed crosswise of the guides, theywill not. come Aout yof the slot'25 and the end of the leaf support willtravel in said slot.;v Whenthe k9o lleaves 11 yare down, asshown infulllinesy 95, When thezleaf is raised5`the support` 14: is f comesinalinement with lthe `openings 19.,

openings, this fmovementbeing assisted ybyV and ,21, whereupon the feetsnap'into ,saidw `i I' i the-camnaction resultingfr'om the face 16?-`striking-the upper margin of theopening 19. yTheleaf is then supported,as shown Fig.' 1. .Whenit is desired to llower the by dotted linesy inFig. 2I and :full linesin:`r l

.1(25" leaf, it is Lslightly elevated,`which bringsthe foot T16v intothe guide and the `foot will'v then slip down into the 'guide'.

provided on each leaf af U-shaped clamp To hold they trousersinposition, thereris,

l(Fig. n5) 26, oneof whose arms has aper-v.v x tures 27 and the otherbeing provided with y ,75 Y 18 of the'uform shown in Fig. 7, these beingprovided ywith apertures 19 .near their upper n notches 28. A clampingbar 29, which has a pin 30 at one end and notches 31 at its other end,is adapted to be engaged with the apertures and notches in any positionto hold the garments on the leaves, ready for easy removal upon swingingthe notch 31 out of the notch 28 with which it is engaged.

It will be understood that the leaves ll can be used for the display ofany articles, but these leaves are preferably elongated and shaped forthe convenient support oi' trousers whose lower ends are designed to beheld by the clamps in the manner shown.

The leaves are normally in lowered position, but the set of leaves, head5, and column i can be rapidly and easily turned to bring to any desiredposition any leaf which may be thereupon raised into position forconvenient manipulation or inspection of the garments, as shown in Fig.l.

The stand may b'e used inside of a cabinet, if desired.4

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a display stand, the combii'iation with a spindle adapted tosupport the stand, of a revoluble head mounted on said spindle, arevoluble column connected to the head and receiving andrrotatable onsaid spindle, a plurality of leaves hinged to said head and adapted tobe disposed either in general vertical or general horizontal position,means carried by the leaves for holding the article to be displayed,independent supporting devices hinged to the respective leaves andprovided with feet which have an inclined face,

verticalguides carried by the said revoluble column which have slotsnarrower than the width of said feet, the said feet being adapted toslide in the guides and the supporting devices to travel in the saidslots, abutments for sustaining the feet when the leaves are in theirlowered position, supports carried by the revoluble column adapted toreceive and sustain the said feet when the leaves are in raisedposition, and means on the column adapted tol engage the inclined facesVof the feet to cause said feet to engage with said supports.

2. In a display stand, the combination with a spindle, of a tubularcolulnn telescoping over said spindle, a .head to which the column issecured and which is revolnbly mounted on theV spindle, vertical guidescarried by the column and provided in their lower parts with rests orabutments, the col umn being provided with apertures at higher pointswhich apertures communicate with the guides, leaves hinged to the head,and supporting devices hinged to the leaves and provided with feet whichtravel in the guides, said feet heilig adapted to'rest upon theabutments in the lower parts of the guides or to pass into the aperturesaforesaid to support the leaves in lowered and raised positions',respectively.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto allix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

VILLIAM E. RAG-SDALE.

itnesses GEO. A. HAMLIN, M. L. NEwooMB.

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